USS Michigan (SSGN-727)
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USS Michigan (SSBN-727)
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| Name: | USS Michigan (SSBN-727) |
| Namesake: | US state of Michigan |
| Ordered: | 28 February 1975 |
| Builder: | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
| Laid down: | 4 April 1977 |
| Launched: | 26 April 1980 |
| Commissioned: | 11 September 1982 |
| Homeport: | Naval Base Kitsap, Bangor, Washington |
| Motto: | Tuebor ("I will defend") |
| Status: | in active service |
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| Class and type: | Ohio-class |
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| Length: | 560 ft (170 m) |
| Beam: | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Draft: | 38 ft (12 m) |
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| Speed: | Greater than 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Test depth: | Greater than 800 feet (240 m) |
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USS Michigan (SSBN-727/SSGN-727) is an Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine that has been converted into a guided missile submarine and is part of the United States Navy. It is the third ship to bear the name of the state of Michigan.
Michigan was constructed at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, and was commissioned on 11 September 1982. Michigan arrived in Bangor, Washington, on 16 March 1983 and completed sixty-six Strategic Deterrent Patrols. She was originally designed and commissioned as a ballistic missile submarine capable of deploying 24 Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) with nuclear warheads.
As of June 2007, Michigan has been converted to an SSGN at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Her hull classification symbol then changed from SSBN-727 to SSGN-727.
On 12 December 2009, Michigan returned to Naval Base Kitsap, her home base, completing her first deployment after the SSGN conversion. The deployment began 10 November 2008, and included numerous missions. The ship also completed several theater security cooperation engagements with Pacific Rim nations.
On 28 June 2010, Michigan was one of three Ohio-class submarines involved in a US response to Chinese missile testing in the contested East China Sea. Michigan, Ohio, and Florida all surfaced simultaneously in the waters of South Korea, the Philippines, and the British Indian Ocean Territory respectively.
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